2002 CART Grand Prix of Chicago explained

The 2002 CART Grand Prix of Chicago was the seventh round of the 2002 CART FedEx Champ Car World Series season, held on June 30, 2002 at the Chicago Motor Speedway in Cicero, Illinois,^[1] this was the fourth and final running of the event.^[2] 26,000 attended the race.^[3] Cristiano da Matta of Newman/Haas Racing, the championship leader going into the event,^[4] won the race from the third position. Chip Ganassi Racing's Bruno Junqueira finished in second and Team Green driver Dario Franchitti came in third after winning the eleventh pole position of his career in qualifying.^{[5] [6]}

Qualifying results

Pos	Nat	Name	Team	Time
1		Dario Franchitti	Team Green	23.428
2		Alex Tagliani	Forsythe Racing	23.434
3		Cristiano da Matta	Newman/Haas Racing	23.443
4		Tony Kanaan	Mo Nunn Racing	23.526
5		Bruno Junqueira	Chip Ganassi Racing	23.545
6		Adrian Fernández	Fernández Racing	23.611
7		Patrick Carpentier	Forsythe Racing	23.629
8		Tora Takagi	Walker Racing	23.674
9		Scott Dixon	Chip Ganassi Racing	23.723
10		Jimmy Vasser	Team Rahal	23.732
11		Christian Fittipaldi	Newman/Haas Racing	23.785
12		Kenny Bräck	Chip Ganassi Racing	23.791
13		Paul Tracy	Team Green	23.847
14		Michael Andretti	Team Motorola	23.884
15		Mario Domínguez	Herdez Competition	23.890
16		Shinji Nakano	Fernández Racing	23.905
17		Townsend Bell	Patrick Racing	24.174
18		Michel Jourdain Jr.	Team Rahal	24.319

Race

Pos	No	Driver	Team	Laps	Time/Retired	Grid	Points
1	6	Cristiano da Matta	Newman/Haas Racing	250	2:07:00.698	3	21
2	4	Bruno Junqueira	Chip Ganassi Racing	250	+0.639	5	16
3	27	Dario Franchitti	Team Green	250	+3.444	1	15
4	5	Tora Takagi	Walker Racing	250	+11.992	8	12
5	52	Shinji Nakano	Fernández Racing	250	+12.458	16	10
6	44	Scott Dixon	Chip Ganassi Racing	250	+12.970	9	8
7	33	Alex Tagliani	Forsythe Racing	249	+ 1 Lap	2	6
8	10	Tony Kanaan	Mo Nunn Racing	249	+ 1 Lap	4	5
9	26	Paul Tracy	Team Green	249	+ 1 Lap	13	4
10	9	Michel Jourdain Jr.	Team Rahal	249	+ 1 Lap	18	3
11	55	Mario Domínguez	Herdez Competition	249	+ 1 Lap	15	2
12	20	Townsend Bell	Patrick Racing	248	+ 2 Laps	17	1
13	51	Adrian Fernández	Fernández Racing	241	+ 9 Laps	6	0
14	11	Christian Fittipaldi	Newman/Haas Racing	141	Lost wheel	11	0
15	39	Michael Andretti	Team Motorola	79	Engine	14	0
16	32	Patrick Carpentier	Forsythe Racing	48	Gearbox	7	0
17	8	Jimmy Vasser	Team Rahal	0	Contact	10	0
18	12	Kenny Bräck	Chip Ganassi Racing	0	Contact	12	0

Caution flags

Laps	Cause
1-12	Vasser (8) & Bräck (12) contact
13	No restart
142-155	Fittipaldi (11) lost wheel
157-161	Tracy (26) & Tagliani (33) contact, spin
163-167	Bell (20) & Jourdain Jr. (9) contact

Notes

Laps Leader 1-67 Dario Franchitti 68 Alex Tagliani 69-72 Michel Jourdain Jr. 73-75 Christian Fittipaldi 76-133 Alex Tagliani 134-136 Cristiano da Matta 137-141 Christian Fittipaldi 142-204 Cristiano da Matta 205-214 Shinji Nakano 215-234 Alex Tagliani 235-250 Cristiano da Matta

Driver Laps led 82 79 67 10 8 4

• New Race Record Cristiano da Matta 2:07:00.698
• Average Speed 121.524 mph

External links

• Qualifying Results
• Race Results

Notes and References

1. News: 2002 CART schedule. November 4, 2001. USA Today. September 2, 2016. https://web.archive.org/web/20160902164656/http://usatoday30.usatoday.com/sports/motor/cart/02schedule.htm. September 2, 2016.
2. News: CART to Promote 2002 Race at Chicago Motor Speedway; Self-Promotion a First for CART of an Existing Event. March 4, 2002. PR Newswire. January 21, 2017. subscription . Infotrac Newstand.
3. Book: E. Whitaker, Sigur. The Indy Car Wars: The 30-Year Fight for Control of American Open-Wheel Racing. McFarland & Company. 2015. 978-0-7864-9832-1. 104.
4. Web site: CHAMPCAR/CART: Standings after Portland. June 18, 2002. motorsport.com. January 21, 2017.
5. Web site: 2002 Grand Prix of Chicago. Racing-Reference. live. February 27, 2019. https://web.archive.org/web/20110910222753/http://www.racing-reference.info/race/2002_Grand_Prix_of_Chicago/R . 2011-09-10 .
6. Web site: David Phillips' Chicago CART Notebook. Phillips. David. June 29, 2002. Speed. https://web.archive.org/web/20021101171229/http://speedtv.com/auto/?lvl=3a&cat=20&id=2140. November 1, 2002. January 21, 2017. live. mdy-all.